[Jobs] resumes

[Mindy Lipsey]

I just discovered the www.indeed.com webiste, and it
is wonderful.  It compiles all the job openings from
various links and lists them on ONE website.
It's great!
Mindy
--- Dick Davis <ddavis at blindinc.org> wrote:

> Albert,
> 
> Actually, I haven't known any blind people who got
> job interviews from a
> resume posted on a website. Passive job search
> methods don't work very well.
> Even if you have a resume on a website, you still
> need to check the job
> listings on that website and apply for specific
> ones.  Nobody is going to
> come and offer you a job.  You must do all the work
> yourself.
> 
> Try www.indeed.com, which is a website that searches
> the Internet for job
> openings and consolidates them in one place.  You
> cannot apply for jobs on
> the Indeed website, but they have links to the
> employers who are advertising
> the jobs and you can apply on their websites.  It is
> kind of a one stop shop
> for job seekers.
> 
> Dick Davis 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org
> [mailto:jobs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of
> Everett Gavel
> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 9:32 AM
> To: Jobs for the Blind
> Subject: Re: [Jobs] resumes
> 
> Albert Wrote:
> > I've posted my resume online on careerbuilder.com
> monster.com hotjobs.com
> > Would you have any other websites to post resumes
> on?
> >
> 
> 
> Hello Albert, and all,
> 
> Doing a search on Google for the following search
> string:
> 
> "post your resume" jobs
> 
> gave nearly 16-million result pages.  But
> crossing-out
> all the Monster.com, CareerBuilder.com, and
> HotJobs.com
> pages still left 6-million result pages offering
> places
> to post your resume.
> 
> If you want more sites to submit to, including one
> of
> the first few in the results that offered to post
> your
> resume to 80 job-search sites, go to www.google.com
> and
> simply copy and paste in the following line of text
> (including all quotes, just as written below):
> 
> 
> "post your resume"
> jobs -HotJobs -CareerBuilder -Monster
> 
> 
> The quotes in that line of text will allow you to
> find
> pages with that exact phrase.  The word 'jobs' will
> also be on each page.  But no pages showing the
> words
> that have those dashes will be shown.  The dashes
> work,
> on Google.com anyway, like saying, "Minus this or
> minus
> that sort of page."  So the 3 major job sites you
> already posted to shouldn't show up in the 6-million
> search results, using that search-string.
> 
> So now you'll have a few n result pages to search
> through if you want them. (smile)
> 
> Honestly, I'd recommend getting a cup of coffee or
> some
> drink, settling in to relax at your computer, and
> giving it a few hours of your time.  Hopefully your
> time-investment will pay off for you here.  Just
> copy
> that full line of text, and paste into the Google
> edit-field.
> 
> May God bless your efforts, Albert.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Everett
> www.everettgavel.com
> 
> 
> 
> 
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